Rose Rosette Disease Research Update

Maddi Shires, graduate student, Texas A&M University, will be at Raincatcher’s Garden of Midway Hills Shade Pavilion (north garden) on Tuesday, March 13th, at 10am to bring us an update on Rose Rosette Disease plant trials, research and recommendations and to help us plant some new roses in our research plot, which have been bred for potential resistance to the disease. She will also show us what to look for when identifying the disease, which we believe has affected additional roses in our trial rose bed. Maddi works with Dr. Kevin Ong, an Associate Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist who directs the Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory,  a service lab of the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology at Texas A&M University in conjunction with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (http://plantclinic.tamu.edu)

Raincatcher’s Garden is on the campus of Midway Hills Christian Church, 11001 Midway Road in Dallas, just north of Royal Lane. Please park in the west parking lot to allow preschool parents use of the north parking area.

More information on rose rosette here.